Of course it’s totally transparent that Trump is using his federal forces to invade US cities with Democratic mayors and governors, in order to provoke violence for the cameras, in order to scare suburban and older voters back into his camp with the scary footage. So I’ve been wondering, where is that footage coming from? Will he rely on news cameras, or viral crowd videos? Seems too unpredictable.
Then I noticed this. It’s barely caught in the brief pan of the camera at 0:09 in this video, in this New York Times article.
The videographer here filming the federal troops (just off camera to the right), seems to be wearing the same uniform as the troops.
I would expect to see more of this. Have others commented on media ops going with the incursions? I hope the media and protesters are both paying attention to this.
This is a big red flag, for what we already know is yet another escalation of the fascist malfeasance going on in this administration. I’m not sure how to bring more attention to it.